Combined candidate spending in Iowa City special election around $3,000

City Council primary candidate Ann Freerks speaks during a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at City Hall in Iowa City.(Photo: Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen)Buy Photo

City Council primary candidate Bruce Teague speaks during a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at City Hall in Iowa City.(Photo: Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen)

By comparison, Kingsly Botchway, who won the at-large City Council seat in 2017 that Freerks and Teague vied for this year, raised a total of $300 and had no listed expenditures. That same year, Mazahir Salih also ran for an at-large. She raised $5,676.01 and spent $4,042.89.

There has not been a special election for Iowa City Council since Bruno Pigott's victory in 1993.

Reporter Zachary Oren Smith covers city government, growth and development for the Press-Citizen. Reach him at zsmith@press-citizen.com or 319-339-7354, and follow him on Twitter @zacharyos.

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